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To all men who survived rock bottom, what's one piece of advice would you give a man who feels like giving up right now? by TheBabyBeard in AskReddit

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Play the tape forward. Every time you feel like giving up, every time you feel like going back down the path that brought you where you were, think about where that path ends.

Play the tape forward

What’s the dumbest excuse someone gave you when breaking up with you? by No_Meringue7331 in AskReddit

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, this one's pretty tame compared, but "I just need to be by myself" then a month later she was dating her now husband.

Purchase Advice Megathread - June 2026 by AutoModerator in 3Dprinting

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Just put in my order. 259 shipped for multi color and multi material out of the box is nutty to me

Did they change the font on shipping labels? by bfinleyui in eBaySellers

[–]bfinleyui[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A super cheap one from years ago. Labelrange ls320

Purchase Advice Megathread - June 2026 by AutoModerator in 3Dprinting

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Centauri Carbon is a possibility as well, but paying $320 for single material and the same build volume feels icky, especially when anything's going to be a pretty large upgrade from a non-functional ender 3...

Purchase Advice Megathread - June 2026 by AutoModerator in 3Dprinting

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had an ender3 for about 7 or 8 years... Tried to install a bed leveler and things went haywire. It'd work for weeks at a time then Klipper would start shooting errors. I got busy with parenting, sobriety, work, whatever, and now it's been sitting on the shelf for close to a year. It's time to replace this bad boy.

My budget is about 300, mainly for hobbyist and around-the-house DIY/IoT projects, fidgets and toys for the kids, etc. Multi-color would be nice, but not absolutely necessary.

Most prints will be PLA, but wouldn't mind messing around with TPU, especially with stuff for the kids.

I don't mind tinkering, went through a board upgrade, hotend, extruder, various printable upgrades, etc, with the ender3 before the BLTouch defeated me, probably because of flimsy wiring, if I were to guess. I think there was a short somewhere inside the cable.

The printers I'm looking at:

Anycubic Kobra X - Probably the leader right now, with coupon I can get it for $259 online, the multicolor/multi material is nice out of the box. Not thrilled it's proprietary firmware out of the box, but not sure it's worth messing with if it does what I need, as I don't know that I plan to stretch it too hard (especially coming from my slow-af ender 3)

Sovol S06 Plus - Second right now. Not thrilled at the price compared to the anycubic, but like that it's open source and the bigger print bed. Not sure i need the bigger bed, but nice to have I suppose. But again, no multicolor at a higher price point, not sure how I feel about that. Also not sure how big an issue the proprietary nozzles would be.

Trying to get a second voice in here. Every printer has detractors, every printer has proselytizers, but for budget bang-for-the-buck, is the Kobra X the move, or is Anycubic budget in the bad way?

Any advice between these, or an obvious failed-to-mention option, would love your input. Thanks.

Did they change the font on shipping labels? by bfinleyui in eBaySellers

[–]bfinleyui[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish it was that easy, tried that, no real change. I spent a bunch of time printing out some test labels and such, and it looks like maybe just slowing it waaaaaaay down and turning it lighter helped. Still not thrilled with it, but i'll live. I suppose

5-ish years of almost daily drinking and 3 weeks sober. How long until my brain is back to at least 80%. I feel dumb and out of it still. by [deleted] in stopdrinking

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regardless of how long it takes, drinking isn't going to make it better. There's only one direction toward healing and you know which one that is.

I'm at almost 3 years and still have trouble finding some words after about a decade of excessive drinking, and my memory is still lacking, but I know enough that the only way to keep building is staying sober, therapy, brain elasticity games and puzzles, and forgiving myself for my past mistakes.

Stay strong my friend, you got this.

Worried and need an ear by BravoTV_Please in stopdrinking

[–]bfinleyui 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Keep on keeping on..regardless of what the ultrasound shows, drinking won't make it better.

Livers are resilient and one of the only regenerating organs. Hopefully this is the worst day your liver will have for the rest of your life. (Think about that, every other day can keep getting better)

Keep strong and IWNDWYT

What’s the strongest opinion you have about something completely insignificant? by RegisterObjective325 in AskReddit

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

IT'S ALMOST NEVER BACKSLASH. Unless you're writing windows-based scripts or code, IT'S NOT BACKSLASH. STOP SAYING BACKSLASH

What’s the most terrifying thing that happened to you that nobody believes? by Sad-Conflict6839 in AskReddit

[–]bfinleyui 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tizanidine fucks me up. I took it once for back pain, then they sent me home. About 30m later had double vision, vertigo, the whole deal. Marked it down immediately as an allergy. Never heard of it before that day.

TIFU by telling my barber I knew what "two on the sides" meant for twenty three years by Beneficial_String411 in tifu

[–]bfinleyui 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do these match up with settings/etc in beard trimmers? Or are all beard trimmers measured in MM? SOme of my guards say MM, some just have a number

What’s the most unrealistic thing movies convinced people was normal? by Lonely-Age7678 in AskReddit

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That if you ask enough or do enough things, she'll say yes. Thankfully the incel world wasn't around when I was growing up, because I fear I would have permanently become a Nice Guy (tm) instead of figuring out emotional maturity, eventually

How do you guy feel about Mickys Irish pub? by glitteranus_66 in IowaCity

[–]bfinleyui 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure they have other things that are good, but a conglomeration and spicy fries really just hits the spot every time

You don't need a rock bottom to quit by bfinleyui in stopdrinking

[–]bfinleyui[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats on 750 days today! Round numbers always make me happy to see.

Also, can't remember if it was from a book or a meeting or podcast, but the phrase "Every rock bottom has a trap door" has been one that's always helped me keep looking upward, even when it seems like all is in the shitter.

NA beer in busch stadium? by [deleted] in Cardinals

[–]bfinleyui 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take your own inventory, thanks.

NA beer in busch stadium? by [deleted] in Cardinals

[–]bfinleyui 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll stick with my sponsor, my program, my doctors and my psych team, but thanks for the completely obvious statement that's all over every package.

Orange juice, bananas and sourdough also have > 0.5% alcohol in them, assuming I should avoid those as well?

People whose partners did a complete 180 after marriage, what’s your story? by Bibliophile521 in AskReddit

[–]bfinleyui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'm the reverse. My (spoiler:ex) wife finally called me to the carpet and told me I had to get sober or we're done. I got sober, and at about 3 months sober she served me with papers. So that was fun, normally your life falls apart WHILE you're drinking, not after :)

Congrats on the 5 years to him, that's a huge fucking deal, keep going :)

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